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Shawn B Meador

  • 6100 Neil Road, Suite 500
  • Reno, Nevada 89511
  • Office Phone: 775-688-3008
  • Office Fax: 775-688-3088
  • Place of Birth: Moab, Utah

Supreme Court Mediation History:

  • Date Appointed: 7/25/02
  • Number of Cases Mediated: 23
  • Current As Of: 3/31/11
  • Areas of Practice:
  • Family Law, Domestic Relations, Trial Practice, Mediation

Bar Memberships:

  • Nevada (1983)
  • Federal/District of Nevada (1994)
  • Federal/9th Circuit Court of Appeals (1994)
Colleges
Name Location Start End Type Degree
 
Utah State University Logan, Utah 1976 1980 Undergraduate B.S. cum laude (1980)


Law Schools
Name Location Start End Degree
 
University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah 1980 1983 J.D. (1983)


Professional Experience
Name Location Description Start End
 
-- Nevada General Practice of Law 1983 1989
Woodburn & Wedge Reno Shareholder. Substantial practice devoted to area of family law, including divorce, child custody, support, pre- and post-nuptial agreements & related matters. And, general civil litigation. 1989 Present


Mediation and Other ADR Training
Name Location Description Date
 
Mediation and Conflict Management Service Portland, Oregon Effective Negotiation and mediation (40 hours) 2001
Nevada Dispute Mediation Center -- Breaking Impasse 2003
Nevada Supreme Court Reno Settlement Judge Training 2004
Nevada Supreme Court Reno Advanced Appellate Mediation Training 2007
Nevada Supreme Court Reno Foreclosure Mediation Training 2009
Nevada Supreme Court Reno Advanced Appellate Mediation Training - Preventing and Breaking Impasse 2010
Nevada Supreme Court Reno Roundtable/Procedural Issues for Settlement Judges 2011


Mediation and Other ADR Experience
Name Location Description Start End
 
-- -- Numerous private practice mediations -- --
Supreme Court Settlement Judge Reno Mediation of appellate cases 2002

Present

Foreclosure Mediator Reno Foreclosure Mediation 2009 Present


Professional Organizations

  • Washoe County Bar Association (1984)
  • State Bar of Nevada (1984)
  • American Bar Association
  • Chair, Family Law Section, State Bar of
    Nevada (1997-1999)
  • Past President, Washoe Legal Services
    (2001-2002)
  • Washoe County Access to Justice (2001,
    2002, 2003)

Awards

  • Volunteer Lawyers/Washoe Legal Services
    Recognition Award (2001)
 

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